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yes!!!!! a Once BA fires Rapoport and compensates all their chefs and editors of colour, I demand they make more episodes with Sohla ,Priya, Christina, Andy, Rick, and Gaby. As a Latina im tired of rarely getting to see any of our cuisine featured on this channel!

DOWN WITH RAPOPORT

Thank you for commenting! Its disgusting to know that Sohla was pushed in front of the camera for the sake of diversity with the promise of less pay than anybody else we've come to know and love. This isn't just about making episodes with more POC its compensating them fairly and its hiring more competent POC.

One thing- Sohla is Bangladeshi, I believe!

lydia1234567 thank you for informing me on this! I thought she was Indian like Priya. I’ve adjusted my statement :)

I came looking for a birthday cake comment and was not disappointed:)

Who wouldn’t want to eat cake everyday?? Anyways glad her parents are supportive

My mom let me bake a pan of brownies every day so I felt this

I feel like this was probably a 'pick your battles' kind of moment for her parents... And if the kid is happy and you get cake out of the deal, sounds like a win-win to me

They probably gave it away to people or had lots of visitors so it wasn't just her eating cake like in Matilda lol

there is no next. BA DED

For anyone who misses Claire and/or Carla both of these people have their own RU-vid channels. Claire's is called Dessert Person, and for Carla's i'm not sure of the exact name so just search Carla Music and it should come up. Edit: I almost forgot. Sohla has made appearances and babish's food channel

@@danielsotheraccount2622 I know! I just miss them all together.

Same the channel is not the same anymore. I get the cast was not diverse and there was issues under the cameras, but the chemistry between cast you could not fake that. The new people just feel forced in a situation and just there to add diversity.

Same

I think he needs to be more firm

@@menassies3224 he probably doesn't want to be like that on camera lol people are too sensitive nowadays

you’re not that guy phil you’re not that guy

And then telling us all about the failed ones! Who doesn't want to hear about how she came up with the idea for brownie licorice (or licorice brownies)!

Yeeeeees!

OMG absolutely would watch

I'm just randomly responding here to say that I give a thumbs up to every positive comment regarding Sohla. Don't mind me.

PLEASE DO THIS SOHLA IS A GODDESS AND NEEDS MORE SCREEN TIME.

Talk about humble beginnings

She rlly be flexing on us like that

honestly her MIND! If she were a white dude she'd be running some pretentious high concept restaurant where she would have gone "yeah this weird brownie licorice is good enough to serve" and be charging like $80 a plate for it.

@@ArtemisScribe yess remember her fried spaghetti moment? ICONIC

@@allisoncallahan2633 EXACTLY! I WOULD HAVE GONE ON A THREE MONTH WAIT LIST AND PAID $125 TO EAT THAT!

she NEEDS to have her own show of turning food into weird things

Y'all should read up on molecular gastronomy.

I know this channel is now officially dead :-(

What?! I haven't watched a BA video in months but I used to watch consistently. I'm out of the loop. What happened??

@@makenzieh9922 Rappo did black face a long time ago and that resurfaced He was always a bit mean and people didn’t like him So he resigned Sohla came out to reveal that POC staff weren’t paid the same That’s basically the situation

Chris is still at BA. They dropped a vid with him in it today.

nothing but respect for our virgo queen

Her pronunciation of "Umlaut" is so cute!!!

I, too, have that feeling. Probably because that's exactly what I would have done as a kid in the same situation.

I get the feeling that Chris is high-strung and when he's on camera he can't tell them no or to stop.

He seems like a patient man. A great father figure 🤣

There is so much chaotic energy in that house

Haha.... He seems a wee bit off in this vid.

I know right? Ugh, I just want to see my Brad & Claire together🥺

Lil chills “my” uhhhhh

Claire is really out?

@@RubenGoMoRadioboyPlus yes but she has her own channel

The last Claire at BA

What happened? What is everyone talking about?

@@TiffanyHoward81 they don’t pay their POC staff for appearing in videos

@@chocodayo6575 I think it was for appearing in other people’s videos like if shola was in gourmet males

This is a lie lmao

@@sissyphussartre2907 no

It sounds like a crazy idea, but it was a surprisingly short leap.

I love Sohla's adventurous spirit, always experimenting.

I love how creative Sohla is so much

@@jazminmascorro334 Maybe that's what you get when you're allowed to bake cakes and sing happy birthday to yourself every day as a kid 😅

@@TheJunnutin hahahah true!

I came to say the same!

Btw Christina also deserves more attention and content! Such a big personality

@@user-vb3rv2cr4t she is a bore and everyone seem to know it... Not being shady i like her But everyone kinda ignores her.. Look at what delaney said... the episode with her eating out was the worst..

@@an.dr.16561 lmao he said that bc they were too full, not bc of her. christina stans 2020

@@an.dr.16561 ??? are you delusional?

i hadnt heard of Conde Nast until now, companies like THAT shouldnt exist in the first place lol

@@zemanken Condé Nast LITERALLY publishes MOST of the magazines that we know.

@@Kallah_DaughterOfYAHUAH i have internet access, and have never needed to read magazines. i am astounded that for the last 20 years Magazines have still been a thing. I am 27 and magazines should have ended a long time ago lol, never heard of conde nast until this video

@@zemanken I understand that, however it’s still a huge medium and they are the company that owns MOST of the magazines you know and have ever heard of

@@Kallah_DaughterOfYAHUAH yes, this fact is the basis for my opinion. one company should not hold so much influence in what people read.

An innovative queen

I honestly thought I misheard her at first only to rewind and find out that yes, she did indeed try to turn brownies into licorice?

I absolutely do not stan that idea though I gotta say

I think she meant a chocolate confection that resembled licorice in appearance and texture. I don't see how she could do that with brownie mix.

BA: Ok, Sohla. We need you to make some food. Sohla: Does it have to be food?

Even though there were three POC on here, who all had the same amount of time?

@@jasonvoorhees8608 sure bud, don't think they would stop uploading for three months after losing a big part of their POC content creators for nothing though.

@@jasonvoorhees8608 That was the issue, they were getting RU-vid air time, but not getting paid as much, and often not being paid at all. Look in to things before you start making bad faith arguments.

@@jasonvoorhees8608 It's been confirmed that they were payed less, deliberately treated worse, and not given as many opportunities as the white workers at BA despite being responsible for equally good if not better content for the channel.

Imagine being a stupid leftist who actually thinks people wanna be called "PoC"

The amount of sass in "hey bud we're filming" 👁👄👁

Poor Chris, I hope he's made a few quarantini's to deal with (I imagine) frequent interruptions during filming

Not to mention how much more experience she has in the industry compared to ALL her peers

this is out of context but as an european considering making 50k per year to be “only” is mind blowing

They're lying

@@beemobile98 costs are also higher, rent in most major cities is more than 1k a month

@@beemobile98 50k is average

Phaethon Prime they can turn it around. Don't be so dramatic yeesh.

@Claire Praska: Just curious, who are the three chefs left?

Thank you, I was hoping I wasn't the only one that went O.O 'scuse me??

Haha, I love when Zola is experimenting!

I want to see that so badly

I literally had to rewind a little bit to make sure my brain hadn't made that up!

@@AnamiDK Sohla That move was a stretch, but an ambitious one.

Hey BA producers, Chris needs to read and respond to Sofía's comment the next time y'all do that.... because it's true, and Chris will agree. (Also, I think I want to be Sofía's drunk friend!)

Omg exactly!!! Hi buddy, you doing okay?? Don’t be that guy! LMAO

That's how I talk to my dogs lol

at first i thought he was talking to a dog lmao

@@Thesarcasticdom don't be that guy is a 100% what I say to my drunk friends

You are misinformed, everyone has gotten a paycheck. Everyone has gotten their salary, the problem here is that people of color did not get paid for being on camera. Everyone NOW has been offered a contract, and they decided if they wanted to stay with the company and receive money for being on camera with their contract. Some refused their contract and decide to move on and stay with the company, while others decided to leave the company altogether. If they decide to post videos on their channel they're going to do it anyway, you're not giving them any ideas. Sorry you're so pissed off about nothing. You are just a fan, you should try to relax.

@@givememore4free I think maybe you are taking my comment too seriously and I hope you're not going around the comments section trying to start something with everyone. I know exactly what happened, so I'm not sure why you're assuming I dont. They weren't getting paid fairly for on camera appearances, they got offered a contract that STILL wasn't fair. You can check their personal IG for that information regarding the contract. Thats why they decided to leave BA video (not not BA entirely). I no where said that they weren't getting paid at all. The fact that Conde Nast still offered a bad contract instead of a fair one is still wrong. I'm allowed to be upset as a fan, idk what "ideas" I'm giving them? Unless you're reading way too deep into my comment. Fans are allowed to be upset, without fans BA/conde nast do not have money to do any of this in general.

@@heyimmomo8211 Sohla still works for bon appetit. Checkmate! If it's so racist why is she still there? Oh yeah that's right now you have nothing to say, maybe it's not as racist as you think.

@@givememore4free so many flaws in this response

@@givememore4free A woman is in an abusive relationship, she doesn't leave, which must mean she is not in an abusive relationship. Idiot.

I think she is too valuable in her job of cross testing recipes.

Yes. Even if they’re fails I want to see the process

I need this content in my life.

we've seen a little glimpse of it in the carbonara video, but a dedicated show is definitely welcomed

Isn't that the point of being a test kitchen chef? Also I think one reason why Sohla hasn't gotten her own show is because everyone wants her help on theirs.

Ok, but now that BA is under new management and they've hired many new staff, is it safe to uncancel BA? Are they paying their new Chefs equitably?

@000 Yeah, and I'm following them in their new endeavours, but I'm wondering if it's worth watching the new talent and their videos.

That’s such a great idea. Why has it not been thought of until now?!?!

She's super creative! They had her do the experimental version of pasta carbonara in the "Chefs make carbonara three ways". She made a dessert with a pasta & guanciale funnel cakes, egg yolk parmesan ice cream and black pepper foam.

sohla needs a show where at the beginning of every show she spins 2 wheels of different foods and she has to turn the ingredients for the first food into the second food. like she would spin a wheel and have to turn the all the ingredients in carrot cake into like a soufflé (very mild example) and make it taste good. she can use as much or as little as she wants of every ingredient and can add any other ingredients that she needs

y wat happen

John Doe whole lot of racism going on behind the scenes

Is their magazine still going?

@@samstuff8554 like, actual racism? Or just someone told a non-politically correct joke and now they're being cancelled by sjws.

John Doe like the white people were getting paid a lot more then the non white people even tho they had the same amount of skill and training so like actual racism it was pretty bad

I'm definitely trying that and Sohla's churros. And I already make brownie mix the way Claire did them.

Yeah. Christina def made the recipe I’m going to try.

that recipe really impressed me for some reason😂 and the tart pan?! knocked it out of the park lol

Yep, and I don't even like edges.

@@allgirlreview433 Yeah, I couldn't understand that edge comment... who likes edges? It's the worst thing about brownies. Hers looked incredible though!

Great idea. Give her some weird ingredients and make her make something nice out of it

Did you Google that induction cooktop she's using ? It's a computer-controlled mad scientist piece of machinery. I bet she tempers chocolate in single-degree temperature experiments just for fun.

We need more Sohla!

AcadianGiles yes! It’s literally called “the control freak” I found it hilarious 😂

@Ddhfacetyy She needs her own series! So many people have called for it

I feel like Carla is mom goals.

Emilie Han I second that

"claire makes gourmet equality"

If they last long that is

While it is great that they have lent their support to their colleagues - why is it up to them to fight this battle? Do you (in general not you) worry that your colleagues of color or with disabilities or of other perceived marginalized groups are being paid correctly and have the same career path as others? While this is a great example of how pervasive all of these "isms" are baked into the corporate capitalist culture - people of all professions are dealing with similar issues in one form or another.

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Chris literally did almost nothing to change it lol.

Notafan Notatall it’s always nice to see some crazy stuff like a brownie milkshake or brownie churros but also just like “idk add some peanuts butter”

and idky when he said that i already know it's gonna be sohla who's gonna fry her mix

She is my life force in the kitchen some days. I'll just stream her recipes just to hear her voice and soak up her beguiling energy. 💜

Borderline villain laugh too!

@@IzumisChild Blame Garla

I love Carla after seeing her cook in quarantine. She has become a fave. Cosmo too.

hahaha so true!!

Did you see the gumbo episode? I think the unraveling may have started there...

Accurate

The braised short ribs episode was the ultimate Chris Morocco Dad episode. Because by the end of it that glass of wine he had probably ended up turning into the whole bottle. We must protect all members of the test kitchen.

Like almost every parent atm!!! Send help!!

iBrad! She made an iBrad!

The real problem is that thousands of people who have never watched this channel now blindly start to attack the people they see in these videos instead of the higher ups who are actually at fault. This whole situation is just pathetic, as always people do 0 resaerch

@@kwedl no one is attacking the people in these videos.

It's been done many times before

THATS SUCH A SHAME she should get a lot of money! i can't believe you people this is disgusting

time stamp?

9:20

@@sabih44 around 9:23 i dont know how to link it lmao

Out of context it would sound so sad.

L’il Sebastian it is very Solana-esque and that’s a great thing

For anyone who misses Claire and/or Carla both of these people have their own RU-vid channels. Claire's is called Dessert Person, and for Carla's i'm not sure of the exact name so just search Carla Music and it should come up. Edit: I almost forgot. Sohla has made appearances and babish's food channel

omg IKR i loved her dessert and her reaction to it

omg, i never knew i needed something like that in my life before i read your comment. You are a genius.this idea is amazing and you deserve a medal.

Yes!! BA make this happen!!

Isn't that literally what Rie does on Tasty tho? She's the only legit chef on Tasty and the only reason why I'm subscribed to them, plus she's both adorable and badass, so I recommend her vids lol

Yes pleeease

@@lianifire make it fancy...XD love her so much

none of us knew!

🤦🏽‍♂️ 😂

yeah, i was going to say. why.... did you add the sugar. isn't brownie mix known to be a little too sweet if anything? i think maybe just a teaspoon of molasses would have been better if he was looking for more of that brown sugar, deep/bitter taste.

And bananas!

@Sarah, especially over-ripe bananas!

We all need to offer to baby sit so he and his wife can have an evening out!

Us: Chris, what happened to your hippin' and hoppin', not to mention your bippin' and boppin'? Chris: Eat a yeet, internet.

And thats Molly's "A dash of salt"

That's exactly what I wanted to say, but knew someone else caught it!!! 🤣🤦🏽‍♀️

He should’ve added some sea salt or something!

Andy has a boyfriend.

Instead of brown sugar, add a Tbs molasses for the flavor with less sweeteness. Then some coffee. I mean, the bananas add sweetness too, you need to dial back the sugar not amp it up. I don't think he tested before making his video. Also mad at the thought of throwing away the brownie mix. You could always donate or bake for a neighbor.

Needed to add Cayanne

How does he not know that that is the best part?!

I relate to this statement too much.

Lol I feel seen

*Really* curious to see that

right? they know what we need right now and they deliver so well

I agree! Side note, I remember being sad because Claire specifically said she wouldn't be doing Gourmet Makes in her own kitchen, so I'm glad they've adapted it (and all the other shows!)

I so agree I have loved these!!

It certainly makes everything feel more doable. If they can do it in their kitchens then I can do it in mine! On the third try 🙃

F

What's the name of the channel?

@@steffijo4618 Desert person is the name of the channel.

@@781tunafish Thx

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AxxL dude who tf are you, go away

@@kiwifruit8220 he does this on every BATK video 😑

@@AxxLAfriku nice euphemism for your left and right hands

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absolutely in love with christina too dude... squad.

She doesn't get enough screen time.

We Stan for Christina

Christina stans RISE

I feel like Christina and Sohla (and maybe Delaney) are the only ones I could actually stand irl

anonymous????

We need Vauban-inspired loaf pans

that sounds like communist propaganda but okay

The replies to this comment are so ???

Honestly!

Go woke go broke. Pretty much what happened.

I think I commented on a previous BA vid Sohla is now my cooking spirit animal. Anywho, I'll just say it again here 🥰

the Bob Ross of BA

Soo true

Between this and the carbonara episode, it's a strong agree...

she needs a show where at the beginning of every show she spins 2 wheels of different foods and she has to turn the ingredients for the first food into the second food. like she would spin a wheel and have to turn the all the ingredients in carrot cake into like a soufflé and make it taste good. she can use as much or as little as she wants of every ingredient and can add any other ingredients that she needs

@@landonyoung4850 This is brilliant. We need this.

Landon Young Genius!

fking classic solah!

What do you mean, A birthday cake? ;)

"I don't know why my parents allowed it!" Well if I had to guess, I would say it's all those cakes they got to eat without having to bake or decorate.

That reminded me of my mom, it was adorable

She might have added weed 🤭

A lot of people don't realize how ingrained racism is in our society. Not just America, but Europe as well. White people think they own the world. They don't. Edit: not all white people obv. I'm saying the powerful ones. PS. Me white.

Welcome to the world of marketing and branding.

@@dxcSOUL I understand the cynicism but accepting this as a blanket reality really undermines the idea of holding these companies accountable for these systemic transgressions. Saying "that's the game" ignores the fact that it doesn't have to be. I was naive not to expect it but that doesn't mean I'm resigned to seeing more of it. We'll always be between a rock and a hard place until we break out a chisel and start somewhere.

well said.

@@McOwenWilson Duh, rich or privileged POC exist. Doesn't negate the effects of systemic racism and the overwhelming privilege we get simply by being white. Anecdotal "evidence" wastes everyone time.

Really brings out her cheerful Dora the Explorer vibe, right?

She's so adorable now; she must have been incredibly cute as a 4 year old

When she said that, I felt my heart warming. 🤣